Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | W15 D2 L4

Is Ole a good appointment?

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I think its written in stone he's permanent now.

There's just no sense in disrupting the season with the announcement.

Confirm it during the closing speech at Old Trafford after the final game of the season.
 
predator said:
For a few years now I've held the view that we have some fecking good footballers in every position. We haven't had as strong a squad as City for a while but with the right selections our starting 11 has had the potential to match anyones in the period mentioned above.
At the time of Mourinho's sacking I thought whoever took over had an impossible job on their hands. I only thought this because I thought he drained our players to the point where they were impossible to motivate again...

Obviously I misread the psyche of modern day pros who, despite earn obscene amounts of money, are ultimately young men playing the sport they grown up adoring.

Ole is probably tactically naive as it stands and will learn harshly from certain games but I think he gets the whole mentality of not only being a professional but also playing for United.

Just give it the man and let us all carry on enjoying it.
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:wenger::annoyed::wenger::lol:
 
Wins like this are more impressive than the easier wins. We weren't great, Southampton were well up for it and we still won it, late on too, taking us back to the Fergie days!

The job is pretty much his now, can't see him not getting it. Just hope he shows his ruthless side in the summer and brings the right players in. Can't ask for more so far though, been great.
 
PepsiCola said:
His tactical versatility is very impressive.
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Really impressed by how he seems to know what tweaks and changes to make to hurt every team we play. He's tactically brilliant but just because he doesn't start foaming at the mouth when someone mentions positioning or because he doesn't stand on the touchline screaming like a nutter when a pass goes astray, he's tactically naive apparently...
 
crossy1686 said:
Really impressed by how he seems to know what tweaks and changes to make to hurt every team we play. He's tactically brilliant but just because he doesn't start foaming at the mouth when someone mentions positioning or because he doesn't stand on the touchline screaming like a nutter when a pass goes astray, he's tactically naive apparently...
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Indeed.

The small change of Bailly at RB and pushing Young to the wing against Palace sealed the win for us.
 
I'm stealing this point from James Horncastle on the Totally Football Show, but the thing Ole has to be given credit for is being able to create a seige mentality, but not in the way Mourinho does it.

I mean Jose built his career on that seige mentality of we've got our backs against the walls, they're all out to get us, it's us against the world, let's come out fighting etc.

With Ole on the other hand, his seige mentality seems almost to be a sense of Man United exceptionalism. 2/3 of our first choice central midefield out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. 2/3 of our first choice attack out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. Have to trust young players in difficult games? We're Manchester United.

All of us can't help but notice that there's something about the club that reminds us of Sir Alex again, and more than the searing pace on the counter, the fluidity in attack and the general positivity around the club, I really think it's that sense of exceptionalism. I mean it's obviously not entirely valid and has led to mawkish cries about the "Manchester United way" for the last 5 years as we've had our fingers burned over an over again but I do think that's the biggest difference. It's what stands out whenever you heard - and still hear - Gary Neville or Paul Scholes or Rio Ferdinand (or even Ole before he became manager) talk about Sir Alex and their time at the club: that somehow the rules that apply to the rest of the world don't apply to us; that for all our trophies, and the quality of our players, our worldwide fanbase and Charlton-Law-Best, somehow the most impressive thing about us was just this ethereal quality of being Manchester United.

Again, this hubris about us being exceptional is what got us David Moyes, but the "not arrogant, just better" attitude is also probably what made us so successful for so long and Ole seems very much to be willing to embrace it.
 
So we dont resort to hoofball while chasing a game anymore. Biggest improvement under Ole. Also liked the way he spoke to Perreira with a smile when he came off, despite the scores being level. Getting the very best out of our depleted squad.
 
SomeRandomPerson said:
I'm stealing this point from James Horncastle on the Totally Football Show, but the thing Ole has to be given credit for is being able to create a seige mentality, but not in the way Mourinho does it.

I mean Jose built his career on that seige mentality of we've got our backs against the walls, they're all out to get us, it's us against the world, let's come out fighting etc.

With Ole on the other hand, his seige mentality seems almost to be a sense of Man United exceptionalism. 2/3 of our first choice central midefield out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. 2/3 of our first choice attack out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. Have to trust young players in difficult games? We're Manchester United.

All of us can't help but notice that there's something about the club that reminds us of Sir Alex again, and more than the searing pace on the counter, the fluidity in attack and the general positivity around the club, I really think it's that sense of exceptionalism. I mean it's obviously not entirely valid and has led to mawkish cries about the "Manchester United way" for the last 5 years as we've had our fingers burned over an over again but I do think that's the biggest difference. It's what stands out whenever you heard - and still hear - Gary Neville or Paul Scholes or Rio Ferdinand (or even Ole before he became manager) talk about Sir Alex and their time at the club: that somehow the rules that apply to the rest of the world don't apply to us; that for all our trophies, and the quality of our players, our worldwide fanbase and Charlton-Law-Best, somehow the most impressive thing about us was just this ethereal quality of being Manchester United.

Again, this hubris about us being exceptional is what got us David Moyes, but the "not arrogant, just better" attitude is also probably what made us so successful for so long and Ole seems very much to be willing to embrace it.
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I agree with you but I don't think it's James Horncastle / Totally Football show but the Norwegian dude on the Guardian Football Weekly
 
SomeRandomPerson said:
I'm stealing this point from James Horncastle on the Totally Football Show, but the thing Ole has to be given credit for is being able to create a seige mentality, but not in the way Mourinho does it.

I mean Jose built his career on that seige mentality of we've got our backs against the walls, they're all out to get us, it's us against the world, let's come out fighting etc.

With Ole on the other hand, his seige mentality seems almost to be a sense of Man United exceptionalism. 2/3 of our first choice central midefield out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. 2/3 of our first choice attack out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. Have to trust young players in difficult games? We're Manchester United.

All of us can't help but notice that there's something about the club that reminds us of Sir Alex again, and more than the searing pace on the counter, the fluidity in attack and the general positivity around the club, I really think it's that sense of exceptionalism. I mean it's obviously not entirely valid and has led to mawkish cries about the "Manchester United way" for the last 5 years as we've had our fingers burned over an over again but I do think that's the biggest difference. It's what stands out whenever you heard - and still hear - Gary Neville or Paul Scholes or Rio Ferdinand (or even Ole before he became manager) talk about Sir Alex and their time at the club: that somehow the rules that apply to the rest of the world don't apply to us; that for all our trophies, and the quality of our players, our worldwide fanbase and Charlton-Law-Best, somehow the most impressive thing about us was just this ethereal quality of being Manchester United.

Again, this hubris about us being exceptional is what got us David Moyes, but the "not arrogant, just better" attitude is also probably what made us so successful for so long and Ole seems very much to be willing to embrace it.
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Great post! It's that arrogance and superiority that rival fans hated about us... and it's coming back with Ole!
 
No Idea For Nickname said:
:eek:
12 games, what a difference
most points, best GD
can't stop looking at it,
comparing to that guy :roll eyes:

but,
next game is the test!
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According to the table we've picked up 5 - 8 more points than City and Liverpool over the last 12 games. If they both drop 10 more than we gain over the next 8 games, we go into the last game of the season with a shout of winning the league. Imagine that...
 
That game today was thoroughly exciting from start to finish. Even as we went in to half time a goal down, one just knew that this game is FAR from over - and he always seems to make the right tweaks without over-complicating things. That game was screaming for a threat on the right wing [and Sanchez being taken off...] and although it took an injury to hurry it along it eventually came and soon after we were back in the game. After that Perreira goal, you just knew what was coming next and it surely enough did :devil:

SomeRandomPerson said:
I'm stealing this point from James Horncastle on the Totally Football Show, but the thing Ole has to be given credit for is being able to create a seige mentality, but not in the way Mourinho does it.

I mean Jose built his career on that seige mentality of we've got our backs against the walls, they're all out to get us, it's us against the world, let's come out fighting etc.

With Ole on the other hand, his seige mentality seems almost to be a sense of Man United exceptionalism. 2/3 of our first choice central midefield out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. 2/3 of our first choice attack out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. Have to trust young players in difficult games? We're Manchester United.

All of us can't help but notice that there's something about the club that reminds us of Sir Alex again, and more than the searing pace on the counter, the fluidity in attack and the general positivity around the club, I really think it's that sense of exceptionalism. I mean it's obviously not entirely valid and has led to mawkish cries about the "Manchester United way" for the last 5 years as we've had our fingers burned over an over again but I do think that's the biggest difference. It's what stands out whenever you heard - and still hear - Gary Neville or Paul Scholes or Rio Ferdinand (or even Ole before he became manager) talk about Sir Alex and their time at the club: that somehow the rules that apply to the rest of the world don't apply to us; that for all our trophies, and the quality of our players, our worldwide fanbase and Charlton-Law-Best, somehow the most impressive thing about us was just this ethereal quality of being Manchester United.

Again, this hubris about us being exceptional is what got us David Moyes, but the "not arrogant, just better" attitude is also probably what made us so successful for so long and Ole seems very much to be willing to embrace it.
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Lovely post and one I couldn't agree with more.
 
Borden said:
The Right One
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Precisely. Not the one with the best CV. Not the flavour of the month one. Not the one with the experience or the trophies, but the right one. We are Manchester United and we create our own legends
 
SomeRandomPerson said:
I'm stealing this point from James Horncastle on the Totally Football Show, but the thing Ole has to be given credit for is being able to create a seige mentality, but not in the way Mourinho does it.

I mean Jose built his career on that seige mentality of we've got our backs against the walls, they're all out to get us, it's us against the world, let's come out fighting etc.

With Ole on the other hand, his seige mentality seems almost to be a sense of Man United exceptionalism. 2/3 of our first choice central midefield out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. 2/3 of our first choice attack out injured? We'll be fine because we're Manchester United. Have to trust young players in difficult games? We're Manchester United.

All of us can't help but notice that there's something about the club that reminds us of Sir Alex again, and more than the searing pace on the counter, the fluidity in attack and the general positivity around the club, I really think it's that sense of exceptionalism. I mean it's obviously not entirely valid and has led to mawkish cries about the "Manchester United way" for the last 5 years as we've had our fingers burned over an over again but I do think that's the biggest difference. It's what stands out whenever you heard - and still hear - Gary Neville or Paul Scholes or Rio Ferdinand (or even Ole before he became manager) talk about Sir Alex and their time at the club: that somehow the rules that apply to the rest of the world don't apply to us; that for all our trophies, and the quality of our players, our worldwide fanbase and Charlton-Law-Best, somehow the most impressive thing about us was just this ethereal quality of being Manchester United.

Again, this hubris about us being exceptional is what got us David Moyes, but the "not arrogant, just better" attitude is also probably what made us so successful for so long and Ole seems very much to be willing to embrace it.
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Couldn't agree more with this post
 
fishfingers15 said:
I agree with you but I don't think it's James Horncastle / Totally Football show but the Norwegian dude on the Guardian Football Weekly
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You're probably right. Lars Silvertson, I think his name is. I was writing code and had it on in the background, so it's all just a blur in my head. Great point from him anyway.

Thiagoal said:
Great post! It's that arrogance and superiority that rival fans hated about us... and it's coming back with Ole!
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iluvoursolskjær said:
That game today was thoroughly exciting from start to finish. Even as we went in to half time a goal down, one just knew that this game is FAR from over - and he always seems to make the right tweaks without over-complicating things. That game was screaming for a threat on the right wing [and Sanchez being taken off...] and although it took an injury to hurry it along it eventually came and soon after we were back in the game. After that Perreira goal, you just knew what was coming next and it surely enough did :devil:



Lovely post and one I couldn't agree with more.
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Red_Beans said:
Couldn't agree more with this post
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Cheers :angel:
 
abdo99 said:
It's a shame we'll have to do this all over again next season. Had we been in the title race this year could you imagine the excitement here? We would've enjoyed today even more.
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Technically we are if Liverpool and City both start choking and there's a 10 point swing in the next 8 games. We could go into the last game of the season knowing that we could win the league...
 
crossy1686 said:
According to the table we've picked up 5 - 8 more points than City and Liverpool over the last 12 games. If they both drop 10 more than we gain over the next 8 games, we go into the last game of the season with a shout of winning the league. Imagine that...
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Stop it, you naughty boy! :drool:
 
Love Ole but that "Ole's at the wheel" song is starting to do my head in now.
 
SomeRandomPerson said:
You're probably right. Lars Silvertson, I think his name is. I was writing code and had it on in the background, so it's all just a blur in my head. Great point from him anyway.







Cheers :angel:
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He may have said it too but you are right about the guy in totally football show podcast. He was pointing out how Ole's answer to everything is its Man United, that's just the way it is.

I loved it when ole said it about Garner too. One was asked about Garner after the Palace game and he said he is like Carrick. The reporter then said that's an awful lot of pressure you're putting on the kid. Ole says well "That's Man United for you". Spot on.
 
OT1214 said:
So we dont resort to hoofball while chasing a game anymore. Biggest improvement under Ole. Also liked the way he spoke to Perreira with a smile when he came off, despite the scores being level. Getting the very best out of our depleted squad.
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Absolutely. I dreaded every aspect of our game in the past. Our lack of approach from the off, and then our timid hoofball if we went down. So frustrating, and even if we managed to score I just felt relieved but annoyed instead of fully enjoying it.
 
crossy1686 said:
According to the table we've picked up 5 - 8 more points than City and Liverpool over the last 12 games. If they both drop 10 more than we gain over the next 8 games, we go into the last game of the season with a shout of winning the league. Imagine that...
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Don’t, oh please don’t do that. If I start getting excited and end up disappointed I’ll blame you for it.
 
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